#AskHerMore Goes From the Red Carpet to the Main Stage, Inspiring Millions to Challenge Sexism

At the 88th Academy Awards, The Representation Project inspired viewers, reporters, and performers to challenge and overcome limiting stereotypes. Through the #AskHerMore campaign, we urged individuals and communities to talk about women in ways that celebrate artistic achievements and do not reduce them solely to looks, beauty, and sexuality. Together, we can create more opportunities for women and people of color so that representation on-screen begins to match our population.

At the 88th Academy Awards on Sunday night, host Chris Rock moderated a discussion of race as it should be conducted in the United States: uncomfortably and without any easy resolution in just a few hours. And like most such attempts, it wasn't as successful at solving anything, as it was inadvertently exposing the breadth of the problem through comedy.